Attorneys for the Lexington man who police say beat his girlfriend to death and then dismembered her body say they want their client to be mentally assessed.
No family was present today during Patrick Jones’s court hearing. It’s been nearly six months since the gruesome murder of his girlfriend and mother of his child, Haley Bourgeois.
It was last July when police say Jones allegedly beat Haley Bourgeois to death, before cutting up her body up and hiding it in two dumpsters near some apartments.
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Days after the murder, Jones pleaded not guilty to murder, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with physical evidence.
Today Jones’s attorneys told the court they are still waiting to get some medical records on their client – and once they are satisfied, they hope to have his mental state evaluated by KCPC.
A friend of Jones at the time of the murder told LEX 18 that he was suffering from mental illness, but they never thought he was capable of a crime like this.
“He had a very bad temper. Anything could set him off. Like, if anyone said anything to him he would start yelling at him. I would tell him ‘dude you need to chill,'” said the friend who wanted to remain anonymous.
The case has been continue to February 10.
